Police Contracts in the South West

Police
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 115 158
Rank change year-on-year +11 +43 +10
Contract jobs citing Police 10 29 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.59% 0.91% 0.36%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.76% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - - £583
25th Percentile £569 £158 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £165 £600
Median % change year-on-year +256.06% -72.50% -
75th Percentile £606 £223 £631
90th Percentile - £443 £643
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 0
Median hourly rate - £14.54 -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £14.54 £80.00
% change year-on-year +52.27% -81.83% +49.53%

All General Skills
South West

Police falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 964 1,644 1,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.21% 51.42% 49.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 981 1,315
10th Percentile £219 £213 £275
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -3.67% +10.66%
75th Percentile £607 £625 £631
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 268 126
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.27 £38.01
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +38.62%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £69.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.75 £87.08
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.14 £33.39
% change year-on-year -8.76% -9.72% +56.74%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the South West

Police
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Police in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Police in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Police in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Police in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +30 6 £588 +6.82%
Bristol +22 2 - - 1
Somerset - 2 - - 1
Police
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
1 7 (70.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 7 (70.00%) Military
1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Author
2 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Business Case
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Line Management
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Server Building
3 1 (10.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (10.00%) Traceability Matrix
3 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Foundry
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) VMware